eBay acquires predictive SalesPredict to boost its machine learning

Jul. 12, 2016eBay announced that it will be acquiring predictive analytics startup SalesPredictin a move designed to improve its “artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science efforts.” Although financial terms of the deal were not revealed, it’s said that an undisclosed number of SalesPredict employees will be joining eBay’s team, working out of the Israeli development center in Netanya, including SalesPredict chief executive Yaron Zakai-Or, who will be director of product management for technology, and chief technology officer Kira Radinsky, who’s been named director of data science and the chief scientist for eBay in Israel. Click for the full VentureBeat news item.